JobSeeker goes to women and older people

By Matt Coughlan
Updated September 30 2020 - 12:31pm, first published 12:29pm
Women and older people were a growing share of welfare payments, before the pandemic struck.
Women and older people were a growing share of welfare payments, before the pandemic struck.

Older Australians and women have been making up a bigger share of JobSeeker recipients, with people on the unemployment payment long-term also rising.